• Possibly linux@lemmy.zipEnglish
      87·
      15 days ago

      The commands: ls cp mv…

      Meanwhile you get Windows people who memorize things like Get-AllUsersHereNowExtraLongJohn

        • renzev@lemmy.worldOP
          15·
          15 days ago

          I learned that tab=autocomplete when I first played minecraft in grade school haha. I just assumed that it was common knowledge but apparently not…

        • afk_strats@lemmy.worldEnglish
          2·
          15 days ago

          This is me. I’m taking the L on this one and I’ve (at least occassionally) used Unix-like systems professionally for 15 years. I’m all self-taught on Linux and didn’t figure out Tab until I was doing some awful Grub troubleshooting and it spells out that tab autocompletes. So I tried it in terminal and then smirked at the camera like Jim

          • Monstrosity@lemm.eeEnglish
            4·
            15 days ago

            I’m completely familiar with fzf!

            I also generally tap in the first few letters of a command then use pgUp (on my system) to autocomplete. Or use the ol’ !<command#>.

            But I have somehow never friggin heard about Ctrl+r.

    • SinkingLotus@lemmy.worldEnglish
      20·
      15 days ago

      I’m the type to spend 10 minutes going through my previous commands, rather than 5 seconds typing it.

      • pogmommy@lemmy.mlEnglish
        8·
        15 days ago

        I’ve got h aliased to history | grep and it’s been revolutionary

        Alternatively, ctrl+r

    • dgdft@lemmy.worldEnglish
      8·
      15 days ago

      See also: atuin - a shell history tool that records your shell history to sqlite.

      Seamless sync across shell sessions & machines, E2EE + trivially self-hostable sync server, compatible with all major shells, interactive search, etc.